Sakyamuni pagoda of Fogong Temple, standing at 67 meters in Shanxi province, China. [KIM BONG-RYEOL] The tallest surviving ...

The relation between Buddhism and pagodas is explained in Buddhist literature, which says that pagodas were originally built for the purpose of preserving the remains of Sakyamuni, the founder of ...

The Sakyamuni Hall houses a bronze statue of Guan Yu, a hero of the Three Kingdoms period who was later worshiped as the God of War. Chinese Buddhists worshiped guan Yu as a temple guardian.